"Take it easy Ruby. I'm starting to get Nora vibes from you here." Yang had requested of her very excited sister.
"I can't help it Yang! You know how much I love amusement parks. And the trip to this one in particular is a date with Oscar! How can I not be ecstatic?!"
"Man, you really are lovey-dovey for that boyfriend of yours aren't you?"
"And you're not for yours?"
"...Okay fair enough. I'll concede defeat to that one."
"Aaaaaaaaaannnnnndddddddd?" Ruby pestered her sister with a teasing expression.
"*sigh* And I'm also excited for tomorrow since I like amusement parks too and it's a double date between you and Oscar and me and Jaune."
"See? That wasn't so hard to admit now was it?"
Yang just rolled her eyes. But inside she was smiling. Ruby was like a hopeless school girl with a crush when it came to Oscar. But if she were to be honest with herself, "school girl crush" wasn't a fitting description for Ruby's feelings in her opinion.
She really did care a lot about him and Yang could tell that Oscar cared a lot about her too. Being with each other made them both really happy which caused Yang to be confident that it was a relationship bound to last.
Not unlike her own relationship truth be told. They all saw Jaune as a good friend and lovable dork who had come so far in bettering himself in so many ways. Even so, back in the days of Beacon she would have never even dreamed of developing feelings for him. Yet now here she was dating that amazing goof that she had unexpectedly grown an attraction for. Funny how time works.
"Got to admit though. I'm not sure how I feel about them covering money tomorrow." Ruby admitted.
"I know how you feel sis. But it's not like we can afford to ship in right now."
"True. And it was really sweet of them to offer it. Especially given how hard they both worked to earn it all."
"No kidding. I know Oscar has experience as a farmhand but it didn't seem like helping all those people with their crops was easy. And I can't even keep count of how many odd jobs Jaune took to help save up for this."
"Yeah. But if nothing else it proves that we both have boyfriends who are really committed to us. Which hopefully means that Dad won't freak out too much when we finally have the chance to break the news to him."
"I wouldn't count your blessings on that Ruby. That strategy didn't work too well with Uncle Qrow."
The two sisters shared a laugh at the antics of their parental figures while also leaving a mental sigh at their overprotectiveness.
"Going back to how hard Jaune and Oscar worked to earn the money for this, can I ask a favor Ruby?"
"Sure. What's up?"
"Well, you know how Jaune has his moments of motion sickness right?"
"It's gotten a lot better with all his huntsman training, but yes."
"I know we both like to tease him with that "Vomit Boy" nickname you gave him. And our trip to the amusement park tomorrow will probably give plenty of opportunity to do just that. But it was really sweet how hard he and Oscar both worked to save up for this date. So I've decided to lay off of calling him that while we're there. Can I ask you to do the same?"
"Sure Yang. Though you'll have to forgive me for questioning if you can really keep the jokester within you contained."
Throwing a pillow at her sister Yang replied "I can to! You'll see that first hand tomorrow!"
Ruby replied with a laugh "All right all right. I believe you."
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The next day had arrived and the four love birds had made it to the amusement park. After Jaune and Oscar had payed the entry fee the group was soon split into two as Ruby yanked Oscar along in search of their first ride.
"*sigh* She's hopeless. But in a way it's kind of cute." Yang had to admit.
"So, shall we start looking for a ride of our own?" Jaune had asked his girlfriend.
"Let's shall." Yang had responded with a smile.
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"Are you okay Oscar? Maybe the Gravitron wasn't such a good idea."
"I'm fine Ruby. Just not used to amusement parks is all. The only times I've ever been to them is when my aunt brought me to help with the farm related events."
"Like selling produce and offering kids rides on the animals?"
"Yeah. That kind of thing. Though I have to admit. I always wanted to try the rides and games and all of that. But we were always there on business so I never got the chance. It's nice to finally see what they're like."
Ruby smiled "I'm glad you finally to get enjoy your time here Oscar. And if I may make a recommendation, The Drop Shot has been one of my favorite rides since I was a kid."
"That's the one where they slowly bring you up really high and drop you down super fast right?"
"Yup. You game?" Ruby had asked her boyfriend with a daring expression on her face.
Oscar applied the same expression as he responded with "Is that a challenge my dear Ruby? Well as a huntsman in training who happens to be dating a huntress prodigy, I accept."
Ruby's expression changed to that of a blush "Oh stop it you. I'm not a prodigy."
"Accepted into a huntsman academy two years early, made leader of a team, secretly took on tasks intended for trained huntsman in her first year, traveling the world in order to protect it at such an early point in her career, referred to by her graduated huntsman of an Uncle as being way better than his generation was at your age. Yeah, prodigy."
"Okay I guess if you put it like that."
"Yup. Though it is a good thing that you don't let it go to your head. A skilled fighter and a modest person. You are pretty amazing."
Ruby chuckled a bit "And you're way too smooth for your own good." she told her boyfriend as she kissed him on the cheek.
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"Man. I'm going to be feeling these tomorrow." Jaune had said.
"Yeah. That's kind of of part of the bargain with the Scrambler."
"Makes sense. Though I think I might be on to your little scheme here Yang."
"Scheme?"
"Yeah. You brought me on a ride that spins around so fast that everyone in its seats slides around and collides into each other and the sides so much that it leaves very noticeable marks."
Jaune brought a rather flirtatious look to his face as he finished his deduction "Are you trying to give me hickies with having to resort to PDA?"
Yang burst out laughing as she gave Jaune a mild slap on the shoulder. "Oh why did my sense of teasing have to rub off on you?"
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"Elephant…...Ears?" Ruby had questioned with a disturbed look on her face
"Yeah the name is more than just a tad bit weird. But don't worry it doesn't have anything to do with elephant meat. It's actually a bread type of treat that's fried and sprinkled in cinnamon sugar. It's really good!"
"Really?! Well let's go find a stand that sells them then! Now you've got my mouth watering!"
So Ruby and Oscar went to buy a few of this delicious treat. And delicious was most certainly an apt description of Ruby's opinion of the delicacy.
"Mhhhhmmmmmmmm these are so good! I guess for every weird food carnivals sell they also have really tasting ones."
"What do you mean by weird foods?" Oscar had asked.
"Oh. At one carnival my dad took me and Yang too when we were younger he tried to convince us to try fried alligator on a stick. He really liked it. But Yang and me were a little too weirded out by the idea to give it a shot."
"I can…...see why."
"Yeah. In any case, I'm still hungry. Want to get some burgers?"
"Sounds good."
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"And you're sure you want to try this roller coaster? They say it's a pretty extreme one." Yang had asked. She and Jaune had been on a handful of rides now and her boyfriends latent motion sickness was starting to kick in.
"Definitely! Don't worry about me this is *hurp* nothing. Besides, you really want to ride this one don't you?"
"Well okay. If you're sure."
Extreme this roller coaster most certainly was and Yang had an absolute blast with it. Jaune had to admit to himself that it was pretty fun too and that he probably would have enjoyed it more if not for the state he was in once the ride was over.
He noticed the concerned expression Yang had on her face and tried to ease her tension "See, what'd I tell ya. I'm A-OK, Good to go!"
It didn't work.
"The bathrooms aren't that far from here. Come on."
Jaune groaned in both nausea and defeat. But left his girlfriend a thank you at the same time.
Yang was standing outside the men's room waiting for Jaune to return. She felt bad for him but at the same time she felt a little touched that he tried to power through it to join her on rides that she wanted to go on.
Though she had to admit. Ruby had a point the other day about how hard it was to keep her jokester side in check. She told herself she wouldn't call him vomit boy today but she'd be a liar if she said she wasn't extremely tempted on more than one occasion.
Eventually Jaune returned from his unpleasant predicament. "Hey sweetie. Feeling better?" Yang had asked him.
"Ugh. You know how they say that "boy" upgrade to "man" but "god" is above even man right?"
"...Yeah?" Yang had replied wondering what he was getting at.
"Well at this point I think it's safe to say that I've officially went from "Vomit Boy" to "Vomit God"."
And that was Yang's limit.
"Hahahahahahahahahaha!" Yang had started as she began clutching her sides. Jaune left a few chuckles of his own. Pleased that his plan to get another laugh out of his girlfriend worked.
After a while Yang had calmed down. "Sorry about that Jaune. I didn't mean to laugh at you."
"It's fine Yang. I'm actually a bit surprised it took you this long to point it out."
"Well I mean, you worked really hard to earn the money for this. So I tried to avoid teasing you with that nickname today." Yang had replied with a bit of guilt on her face. But then she felt Jaune's hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry about it Yang. I know you don't mean anything by it. Besides. Be it a smile, or a laugh, or whatever, I just like seeing you happy. I can deal with a little teasing if it means getting you there."
After Yang felt her heart skip a beat she proceeded to ask her boyfriend. "You wouldn't happen to have any breath mints on you would you?"
"No. Sadly I don't."
"You don't huh? Ah screw it."
Yang had grabbed Jaune by the collar and smashed her lips against his. Deciding that it was worth the bad breath and aftertaste that were bound to follow.
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"Man, hard to believe how late it's getting. I guess it's true that time flies when you're having fun huh? ….Ruby?" Oscar was little confused. They were having so much fun all day yet now Ruby had a bit of a dejected pout on her face.
"Is everything okay?" Oscar had asked her.
"Yeah. Everything's fine. It's just….look at that prize they have over there!"
Oscar looked over to see a game booth offering a first place prize of one of those recreations that Huntsman who slay Grimm for sport use in place of trophies. But it was easy to tell that this one had much more effort put into its craftsmanship than the common ones.
Durable, Beautifully carved, and it even had a few jewels and other shiny metals thrown in for good measure.
The figure itself was that of a Huntress dorned in a badass looking armor complete with a cape as she had a sword raised in victory and a gun pointed down to a Beowolf that she had just slain.
"It would be so amazing to have one of those. But the game offering it is Cover the Spot. You only get five smaller disks to completely cover up a bigger red one. And every time I play it there's always some red left uncovered! *sigh* sorry for the rant Oscar. Let's go find another ride. ….Oscar?"
Rub left her daze to find Oscar heading towards to booth and went to catch up with him.
"So you think you've got what it takes to win first prize huh kiddo? Well I won't stop you if you want to try. Step right up!" The vendor running the booth had said to Oscar.
As Oscar paid his entry fee he was handed his disks to to try his hand at the game. Ruby was a bit surprised, but curious to see how well he would do.
Oscar had used up four of the five disks and only had a little bit of red left to cover up. Ruby was watching in anticipation. Feeling on the edge to see if Oscar would make the shot.
Oscar took his aim and threw the last disk. And wouldn't you know it…
"WE HAVE A WINNER!" The vendor had announced as Oscar covered up every last spec of red.
Ruby screamed in excitement and pulled Oscar into a hug. "You did it Oscar! Way to go!"
"Indeed. Congratulations kid. As promised first prize is yours." The vendor said as he handed Oscar the sculpture.
"Thank you sir. Here you go Ruby." Oscar said as he offered his girlfriend the prize she had her eyes on.
Ruby was taken aback by this. "But Oscar. You're the one who won it."
"I won it for you. Go on, take it."
Ruby smiled and accepted her boyfriends offer. "Thank you Oscar."
"You're welcome Ruby. Well shall we go find another ride?"
"Not yet." Ruby said as she put her free hand on Oscar's shoulder. "I think the brave hero needs his reward first." Ruby said in a flirty tone as she planted a kiss on Oscar's lips.
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"Oh. There you two are. Say, where'd you get that cool sculpture Ruby?" Yang had asked.
"Oscar won it for me. Aced the Cover the spot game on his first try."
"Wow. That's impressive. Good job Oscar."
"Thanks Yang."
"Well today has been fun, but it's getting late and I'm feeling a little burned out. What about you guys?" Jaune had asked.
"Yeah I'd have to agree. I had a great time today but we really should be heading back." Yang had answered.
"Same" Oscar had replied.
"Ditto." Ruby agreed. "But this really was an amazing date. Thank you Oscar."
"She's right Jaune, today was incredible. Thank You." Yang had followed suit with.
Oscar and Jaune gave their replies of "You're welcome" as both couples shared a quick kiss before leaving the park to head home.
Though on their way, one question popped into Ruby's mind. "Yang. I don't mean to embarrass you. But why does your breath have that….unpleasant scent to it?"
"That's….a long story." Yang had replied with a tone of dorky pride as Jaune looked down a bit with a blush on his face.